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Acclivity

🔄 Synonyms of "Acclivity"

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WordDefinition
risenoun(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
raiseverb(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
upgradeverbAn improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
ascentnounThe act of ascending; a motion upwards.
climbverb(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.

↔️ Antonyms of "Acclivity"

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declinenounThe act of declining or refusing something.
fallverb(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
descentnounAn instance of descending; act of coming down.
downslopenounDown a slope.
declivitynoun(geomorphology) The downward slope of a curve.

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WordDefinition
upgradenounAn improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
climbnounAn act of climbing.
ascentnounThe act of ascending; a motion upwards.
risenounThe process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
raisenoun(curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
ascendingverbRising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)
ascensionnounThe act of ascending; an ascent.
upgangnoun(UK dialectal) The act of ascending a slope; ascent.
climbingnoun(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
declinationnounA refusal.
aggradationnoun(geology) Increase in land elevation due to the deposition of sediment.
accretionnoun(uncountable, also figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth.
upgoingnounUpward movement; ascension.
acclimaturenoun(rare) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
sublevationnounThe act of raising on high; elevation.
acclimationnounThe process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate, surroundings, or situation; especially, acclimatization.
elevationnounThe act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
elev.verbAbbreviation of elevation. [The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.]
descentnounAn instance of descending; act of coming down.
accedencenounThe act of acceding

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